Events

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Monday that he would settle the conflict of interest between his private media assets and those owned by the government before the Italian parliament’s summer break in August.

MP Web, the new media division of Media Partners, has signed an exclusive deal with Tele+ for the acquisition of internet rights for 18 Italian Serie A and Serie B soccer clubs.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed to commission a special programme focusing on triathlon’s European Cup competition.

The delay of the WBA heavyweight title fight between John Ruiz and Evander Holyfield was a "blessing in disguise" for Chinese organisers facing heavy losses on the event, promoter Don King said.

Walt Disney Co's ABC and ESPN units say US golfer Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.

UEFA is following world soccer’s ruling body FIFA in establishing its own in-house marketing operation – and has appointed former ISL football chief Philippe Margraff to head it up.

Despite the UK test case ruling in the House of Lords last week that set a precedent that the soccer World Cup in 2002 must be broadcast on terrestrial television if at all, rights holder Kirch has still not given up hope of interest from a pay-TV operator.

Spanish language pay-TV operator Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has announced that it has acquired the live rights to Mexican football for Latin America excluding Brazil.

Russian premier division soccer clubs, nearly halfway into the season, will finally get a chance to be seen on national television after finding wealthy sponsors for the broadcasts.

The people of Athens are likely to benefit most from transport improvements to the city for the 2004 Olympic Games, according to Athens 2004 president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.

German media giant Kirch said soccer’s ruling body FIFA has given it until July 2 to decide whether to purchase ISL's broadcasting rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments.

Kim Un-yong's position as a leading contender for the IOC presidency despite the warning he received in the biggest bribery scandal in Olympic history says a great deal about his influence in world sport.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, in conjunction with Dale Coyne Racing and Firestone, will conduct special one-day tests at England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway on Tuesday and Germany’s Eurospeedway next Monday in preparation for inaugural FedEx Championship Series events scheduled in September at the new oval venues.

The Australian Baseball Federation (ABF) has appointed Christopher White as its new national executive director.

The Go Racing deal for interactive rights to UK horse racing is back on. Arena Leisure, one of the companies in the bidding consortium that includes BSkyB and Channel 4, told the stock exchange this morning that British Horseracing Board (BHB) advisors have agreed Go Racing's licence terms.

English Premier League soccer club Everton have moved a step closer to moving to a new stadium on Liverpool’s waterfront after being recommended as the preferred developer for the King’s Dock site by Liverpool’s urban regeneration quango Liverpool Vision.